In the 2009 era-defining book Capitalist Realism, the writer Mark Fisher defined ‘reflexive impotence’ as state beyond that of apathy and cynicism; a reflex of impotence to the state of the world, societal affairs – the very things changing and affecting our everyday lives. The belief that any possibility of changing anything has already beenContinue reading “The long dark night of the political soul.”
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The Return of the 00s
“The turn that events took had all the look of some kind of ritual assassination. The killing not of a body – the body was already dead – but of a name.” – Mark Fisher, ‘The Return of the 70’s’ from Ghosts of my Life. The turn of events Mark Fisher was referring to inContinue reading “The Return of the 00s”
Kraftwerk in the time of Covid 19
This may seem like a ‘stretch’, but I argue that renewed interest in the music of Kraftwerk, brought about by recent passing of co-founder Florian Schneider, makes for strange resonances and recollections in a world partially suspended by the outbreak of Covid 19. Now, I’m not usually one to share news of the death ofContinue reading “Kraftwerk in the time of Covid 19”
John B Ledger 